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AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE BUSINESS AND ASSETS OF TRAVELEX UK LIMITED

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Title: AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE BUSINESS AND ASSETS OF TRAVELEX UK LIMITED
Governing Law: Oregon     Date: 9/28/2005
Industry: Business Services     Sector: Services

AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE
BUSINESS AND ASSETS OF TRAVELEX UK LIMITED, Parties: trm corp , travelex uk limited , trm (atm) limited
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Exhibit 10.8(b)

1 September 2005

AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE
BUSINESS AND ASSETS OF TRAVELEX UK LIMITED

TRM

(1) TRAVELEX UK LIMITED
(2) TRM (ATM) LIMITED
(3) TRM CORPORATION

 


 

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CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Clause

 

Page

 

1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. AGREEMENT FOR SALE

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. EXCLUDED ASSETS

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. CONDITIONS

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. BETWEEN EXCHANGE AND COMPLETION

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. CONSIDERATION

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. COMPLETION ACCOUNTS

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. COMPLETION

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. CONTRACTS

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. THIRD PARTY CONSENTS

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. EMPLOYEES

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. WARRANTIES

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE BUYER

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. OBLIGATIONS AFTER COMPLETION AND FURTHER ASSURANCE

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. VAT

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. GUARANTEE

 

 

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. PAYMENTS AND INTEREST

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. ASSIGNMENT

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. CONDUCT OF INDEMNITY CLAIMS

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

23. COSTS

 

 

47

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Clause

 

Page

 

24. NOTICES

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

25. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

26. NO MERGER

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

27. COUNTERPARTS

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

28. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

29. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

 

 

 

Warranties

 

 

 

 

Part 1: General

 

 

50

 

Part 2: Management Accounts and Current Trading

 

 

52

 

Part 3: Compliance and Litigation

 

 

54

 

Part 4: Contracts

 

 

56

 

Part 5: Assets

 

 

58

 

Part 6: Sites and Environment

 

 

60

 

Part 7: Pensions

 

 

61

 

Part 8: Employment

 

 

63

 

Part 9: Intellectual Property

 

 

65

 

Part 10: Information Technology

 

 

67

 

Part 11: Taxation

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

 

 

 

Limitations on Seller’s Liability

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

 

 

 

Conduct of Business Pending Completion

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 7

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 8

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 9

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 11

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 12

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

79

 

 


 

Agreed Form Documents

Assignment of Debtors

Assignment of rights under Contracts

Assignments of Transferring Intellectual Property

Disclosure Letter

Escrow Agreement

Licence Agreement

Minutes of the Buyer

Minutes of the Seller

Share Purchase Agreement

Transitional Services Agreement

 


 

THIS AGREEMENT is made on 1 September 2005

BETWEEN:

(1)

 

TRAVELEX UK LIMITED , a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 1985596) whose registered office is at 65 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TB (the “ Seller ”);

(2)

 

TRM (ATM) LIMITED , a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 37822309) whose registered office is at 1A Meadowbrook, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9SA (the “ Buyer ”); and

 

(3)

 

TRM CORPORATION , a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the state of Oregon, United States of America whose principal place of business is at 5208 NE 122 nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97230, USA (the “ Guarantor ”).

RECITALS:

(A)

 

The Seller carries on the Business (as defined below).

 

 

 

(B)

 

The Seller wishes to sell and the Buyer wishes to buy the Business as a going concern on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

 

 

(C)

 

The Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Buyer on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

 

 

1.1

 

In this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts

 

the audited individual accounts (within the meaning of section 226 Companies Act 1985) of the Seller for the financial year ended on the Accounts Date, a copy of which is annexed to this Agreement marked “A”;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts Date

 

31 December 2004;

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Aged Creditors

 

all sums due and owing by the Seller at the Effective Time in connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of trade but excluding the Transferring Creditors;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aged Debtors

 

all sums receivable by or owing to the Seller at the Effective Time in connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of trade, whether or not then invoiced or due, and any interest payable on any such sum, but excluding the Transferring Debtors;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

the assets and rights to be sold under this Agreement, as listed in clause 6.2;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATM

 

a domestic currency dispensing automated teller machine including any associated Housing and software necessary to run the automated teller machine;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATM Site

 

any site at which the Seller operates or manages an ATM in the course of the Business;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business

 

the business of installing, operating and/or managing ATMs carried on by the Seller in the United Kingdom at the Effective Time under the name and mark “Travelex” and/or “Alliance & Leicester” but excluding the Excluded Business;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Day

 

a day on which banks are open for business in London, other than Saturday or Sunday;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Design Right

 

the design right owned by the Seller at the Effective Time and used exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, details of which are set out in schedule 1;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Know-how

 

all know-how, trade secrets, techniques, information, expertise or proprietary knowledge of

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the Seller at the Effective Time used exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Records

 

the records of the Seller at the Effective Time relating wholly or mainly to the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, except as comprised in the Excluded Assets including inter alia:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

all PAYE, National Insurance and other records relating to the Employees; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

all documents relating to the Contracts;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Buyer’s Accountants”

 

the Buyer’s accountants for the time being;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Buyer’s Group”

 

the Buyer, any ultimate parent undertaking of the Buyer for the time being and all direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings for the time being of any such parent undertaking’s accountants for the time being;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Buyer’s Solicitors”

 

Davenport Lyons of 30 Old Burlington Street, London W1S 3NL;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Companies Act 1985”

 

the Companies Act 1985;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Completion

 

completion of the sale and purchase of the Business and the Assets in accordance with this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Completion Accounts”

 

a pro-forma statement of certain current assets and certain current liabilities of the Seller relating to the Business as at 5.30 pm on the Completion Date, as listed in each case in part 1 of schedule 10 (Completion Accounts);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confidential Information

 

all confidential information and trade secrets

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relating exclusively to the Business or to the business of Travelex ATMs including all financial, marketing and technical information, ideas, concepts, technology, processes and knowledge together with lists or details of customers, suppliers, prices, discounts, margins, information relating to research and development, current trading performance and future business strategy and any information derived from any of them and subsisting at the Completion Date in each case to the extent confidential and relating exclusively to the Business and the business of Travelex ATMs;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Completion Date

 

the date on which Completion takes place;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Conditions”

 

the conditions listed in clause 4.1;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts

 

all the agreements, written or oral, relating exclusively to the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs as listed in schedule 8 provided that references in this Agreement to rights or obligations under or in connection with the Contracts exclude the Aged Debtors, the Transferring Debtors and the Aged Creditors and Transferring Creditors respectively;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclosure Letter

 

the disclosure letter in the agreed form from the Seller to the Buyer, dated with the date of this Agreement, together with the documents attached to it;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective Time

 

5.30 p.m. UK time on the Completion Date;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

the individuals employed or engaged wholly or mainly in the Business at the Effective Time which at the date of this Agreement consists of those persons whose details are set out in schedule 9;

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“Encumbrance”

 

a mortgage, charge (fixed or floating), pledge, lien, option, restriction, hypothecation, guarantee, trust, right of set-off, right of first refusal, right of pre-emption or other third party right (legal or equitable), interest or claim of any kind including any assignment by way of security, reservation of title or other security interest of any kind, howsoever created or arising, or other agreement or arrangement having similar effect;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“End Date”

 

shall have the meaning given in the Share Purchase Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Environment”

 

the natural and man-made environment and all or any of the following media, namely air (including air within buildings and air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground), water (including water under or within land or in drains or sewers and inland waters), land and any living organisms or systems supported by those media;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Environmental Law”

 

all applicable laws, regulations, directives, statutes, subordinate legislation, common law, civil codes and other national and local laws, all judgments, orders, instructions or awards of any court or competent authority and all codes of practice, industry agreements and guidance notes which primarily serve to protect the Environment or human health and safety and includes all laws relating to actual or threatened emissions, seepages, discharges, escapes, releases or leaks of pollutants, contaminants or Hazardous Substances;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Escrow Account”

 

the bank account to be opened in the joint names of the Seller’s Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors in accordance with the Escrow Agreement;

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“Escrow Agreement”

 

the agreement, in the agreed form, between the Seller, Snax 24 Corporation Limited, the Buyer, TRM Services Limited, the Seller’s Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors to be entered into pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Excluded Assets”

 

those assets listed in schedule 2;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Excluded Business”

 

(a)

 

acting as “landlord” (and carrying out maintenance activities) in relation to a site on which an ATM is installed where that ATM is operated by a third party paying a fee to the Seller (whether that fee is fixed or calculated by turnover or determined in any other way) provided that the Seller shall not be in any way otherwise involved in the operation of the ATM in question or the processing of transactions in relation to that ATM; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

operating any ATM installed at any site (including for example but without limitation an airport terminal) at which the Seller or a member of the Seller’s Group carries on any foreign exchange business, whether or not the ATM in question is located in the bureau at which that foreign exchange business is carried on; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

operating any ATM which utilises so-called “Dynamic Currency Conversion” technology;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Excluded Contract Liabilities”

 

all liabilities of the Seller relating to or arising in connection with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

any breach of contract or breach of duty which is attributable to any act, neglect, omission or default of the Seller or any

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member of the Seller’s Group prior to the Effective Time; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

any product delivered by any member of the Seller’s Group or any service performed by any member of the Seller’s Group prior to the Effective Time;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Excluded Liabilities”

 

the Excluded Contract Liabilities and all the liabilities or obligations relating to the Business or Assets (other than those liabilities expressly assumed hereunder) and outstanding on, or accrued or referable to the period up to and including the Effective Time, including but not limited to any and all liabilities in respect of national insurance, PAYE, VAT or other Taxation attributable to the Seller in respect of the Business, the Assets or the Employees relating to the period ending at the Effective Time and all bank and other overdrafts and loans owing by the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Goodwill”

 

all the goodwill, interest and connection of the Seller in and concerning the customer base, prospects and contacts of the Business at the Effective Time together with the exclusive right (so far as enjoyed by the Seller) to carry on the Business and for the Buyer to represent itself as carrying on the Business in succession to the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Group”

 

the Buyer’s Group or the Seller’s Group, as the context requires;

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“Hazardous Substances”

 

any substance or organism which alone or in combination with others may cause harm or damage to the Environment, human health and safety, flora or fauna and includes without limitation, any hazardous or toxic materials, pollutants and wastes;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Hire Agreement”

 

an operating lease, finance lease or hire purchase agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Housing”

 

any cabinet, kiosk, acoustic hood, shelter or booth or similar things (including any side panels, door, signage, lighting, metal frame, back plate or other configuration) forming the structure of an ATM;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ICTA”

 

the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Independent Accountants”

 

the independent firm of chartered accountants to whom matters are referred in accordance with clause 8.1;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Intellectual Property Rights”

 

all Registered Intellectual Property Rights and all inventions (whether patentable or not), design rights, database rights, copyright, moral rights, semiconductor topography rights, unregistered trade and service marks, logos, get-up and trade names and the goodwill attaching to them, Know-how, and any rights or forms of protection of a similar nature and having equivalent or similar effect to any of them which subsist anywhere in the world;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Know-how”

 

all know-how, trade secrets and confidential information, in any form (including paper, electronically stored data, magnetic media, film and microfilm) including without limitation drawings, formulae, test results or reports, project reports and

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testing procedures, information relating to the working of any product, process, invention, improvement or development, instruction and training manuals, tables of operating conditions, information concerning intellectual property portfolio and strategy, market forecasts, lists or particulars of customers and suppliers, sales targets, sales statistics, prices, discounts, mark-ups, future business strategy, tenders, price sensitive information, market research reports and business development and planning reports but always excluding any Confidential Information;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leased Equipment

 

all assets used (but not owned) by the Seller exclusively for the purposes of the Business and which are the subject of a Hire Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Licence Agreement

 

the perpetual royalty free licence of the use of the Business Design Right, in the agreed form, to be granted by the Buyer to the Seller on Completion;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses

 

in relation to any matter, all liabilities, losses, claims, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses relating to that matter (including for the avoidance of doubt all reasonable and properly incurred legal and other professional costs);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Accounts

 

the unaudited management accounts of the Seller in relation to the Business comprising balance sheets as at 31 December 2004 and as at 30 June 2005 and profit and loss accounts for the periods which began on (a) 1 January 2004 and ended on 31 December 2004 and (b) 1 January 2005 and ended on 30 June 2005 copies of which are annexed to this Agreement marked “B”;

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“Net Current Liability Statement”

 

the statement of the Net Current Liability Value in the format set out in part 3 of schedule 10 (Completion Accounts);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Net Current Liability Value”

 

the amount (if any) in pounds sterling by which the aggregate value of those liabilities of the Seller relating to the Business as at the Completion Date that are listed in part 1 of schedule 10 (Completion Accounts) (the repayment of which, for the avoidance of doubt, is being assumed by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement) exceed the aggregate value of those assets of the Seller relating to the Business as at the Completion Date that are listed in part 1 of schedule 10 (Completion Accounts) (which assets are for the avoidance of doubt, being acquired by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement) as shown in the Completion Accounts (and for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of that excess (if any) shall be expressed as a positive rather than as a negative figure), and provided that (a) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is equal to the aggregate amount of those assets, the Net Current Liability Value shall be zero; and (b) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is less than the aggregate amount of those assets then the amount of that shortfall shall be expressed as a negative (rather than as a positive) amount, so that (for illustrative purposes only) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities exceeds the aggregate value of those assets by £100,000, the Net Current Liability Value shall be £100,000 and if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is less than the aggregate value of those assets by £100,000, the Net Current Liability Value shall be –(£100,000);

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Pension Scheme

 

means the scheme known as the Travelex Group Personal Pension Plan operated by Scottish Equitable plc;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plant and Equipment

 

such of the ATMs as are listed in schedule 6 which are owned by the Seller at the Effective Time and held exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, and other items of plant, machinery, fittings, tools and equipment, including computer systems, office furniture and motor vehicles, excluding any assets comprised within the Excluded Assets, owned by the Seller at the Effective Time and held exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs including but not limited to the items described in schedule 11;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Intellectual Property Rights

 

all patents, utility models, registered designs, registered copyrights, plant variety rights, registered trade and service marks and the goodwill attaching to them, domain names and applications for registration and rights to grant of them and any rights or forms of protection of a similar nature anywhere in the world;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Repeated Warranties”

 

the Warranties other than those set out in paragraph 2.2 of part 2 of schedule 3, as such warranties continue to be repeated in accordance with clause 14.1 between the date of this Agreement and the Completion Date provided that, for the purposes of this definition, references to Employees in the Warranties contained in part 8 of schedule 3 shall be to the Employees as at the date of this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Sellers’ Accountants”

 

the Seller’s accountants for the time being.

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Seller’s Group

 

Travelex Holdings Limited and all direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings for the time being of Travelex Holdings Limited;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seller’s Solicitors

 

Olswang of 90 High Holborn, London WC1V 6XX;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Purchase Agreement

 

the agreement, in the agreed form, between TRM Services Limited, the Seller and Snax 24 Corporation Limited, with the same date as this Agreement relating to the sale of the Shares;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

shall have the meaning given to it in the definitions of the Share Purchase Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site Agreement

 

has the meaning given to it in paragraph 1.1 of part 6 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax ” or “ Taxation

 

all forms of taxation, duties, rates, levies, withholdings, deductions, charges and imposts imposed in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and all penalties, surcharges, fines and interest relating to any of the above but excluding any stamp duty, stamp duty land tax or stamp duty reserve tax payable on this Agreement or any instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement or on any agreement relating to the Business and excluding business rates;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Authority

 

HM Revenue and Customs and any other authority body or official (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) competent to assess, demand, impose, administer or collect Tax;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade Marks

 

business names, domain names, registered and unregistered trade marks and applications for registration of any of the above;

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“Transfer Regulations”

 

the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Transferring Creditors”

 

all sums due and owing by the Seller for fewer than 60 days from the date of supply of the goods or services or if the provision for such goods or services is ongoing, the date of invoice at the Effective Time in connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of trade and excluding (a) any amounts due in respect of the purchase of fixed assets (b) amounts due to members of the Seller’s Group and (c) any such sums comprised within the Excluded Liabilities;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Transferring Debtors”

 

all sums receivable by or owing to the Seller at the Effective Time in connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of trade and which have been owing to the Seller for fewer than 60 days from the date of supply of goods or services, and whether or not then invoiced or due, but excluding any such sum comprised within the Excluded Assets;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Transferring Intellectual Property”

 

the Business Design Right, the Goodwill associated exclusively with the Business, the Business Know-how and all other Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Seller at the Effective Time and used exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, including the Intellectual Property Rights listed in schedule 1, but excluding any Intellectual Property Rights comprised within the Excluded Assets;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Transitional Services Agreement”

 

the transitional services agreement in the agreed form to be entered into between the Seller and the Buyer and Travelex ATMs on the date of this Agreement;

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“Travelex ATMs”

 

Travelex ATMs Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 4046739;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Travelex Holdings Limited.”

 

a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number: 4090247) whose registered office is at 65 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TB;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“VAT”

 

value added tax, as provided for in VATA, and any tax imposed in substitution for it;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“VATA”

 

the Value Added Tax Act 1994;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Warranties”

 

the warranties of the Seller given under clause 14.1 which are set out in schedule 3; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Warranty Claim”

 

a claim for any breach of any of the Warranties.

 

1.2

 

In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:

 

1.2.1

 

any reference to the parties or a recital, clause or schedule is to the parties or the relevant recital, clause or schedule of or to this Agreement, and any reference in a schedule to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that schedule or, where relevant, that part of that schedule;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.2

 

the clause headings are included for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.3

 

use of the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.4

 

use of any gender includes the other genders;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.5

 

“financial year”, “parent undertaking” and “subsidiary undertaking” have the meanings given to them by sections 223 and 258 of the Companies Act 1985 respectively;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.6

 

any reference to a statute, statutory provision or subordinate legislation (“legislation”) shall be construed as referring to that legislation as amended and in force from time to time and to any legislation which re-enacts or consolidates (with or without modification) any such legislation except to the extent that any amendment, re-enactment or

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consolidation on or after the date of this Agreement would increase the liability of any party under this Agreement; and

 

1.2.7

 

any reference to a document being “in the agreed form” means a document in a form agreed by the parties and either entered into on the date of this Agreement by the relevant parties or initialled by the parties or on their behalf by the Seller’s Solicitors or by the Buyer’s Solicitors, in the latter case with such amendments as they may subsequently agree;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.8

 

if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.9

 

a person shall be deemed to be connected with another if that person is connected with another within the meaning of section 839 ICTA;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.10

 

references to writing shall include any modes of reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form (but not e-mail);

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.11

 

reference to a balance sheet or profit and loss account shall include a reference to any note forming part of it; and

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.12

 

references to this Agreement include this Agreement as amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

 

1.3

 

The schedules and recitals form part of this Agreement and shall have effect as if set out in full in the body of this Agreement, and any reference to this Agreement includes the schedules and recitals.

 

 

 

2.

 

AGREEMENT FOR SALE

 

 

 

2.1

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Seller shall sell or cause to be sold and the Buyer shall buy the Business as a going concern and all the Assets with effect from the Effective Time.

 

 

 

2.2

 

The Seller shall sell and the Buyer shall purchase the Assets and all attached or accrued rights free from all Encumbrances with full title guarantee, save as provided in clause 11 and save in relation to the Transferring Intellectual Property Rights where the only Warranties given are as set out in part 9 of schedule 3.

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3.

 

EXCLUDED ASSETS

 

 

 

3.1

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall operate to transfer to the Buyer any interest in any of the Excluded Assets.

 

 

 

3.2

 

The Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer will not assume or have any liability or obligation in respect of:

 

3.2.1

 

the Excluded Assets;

 

 

 

 

 

3.2.2

 

the Excluded Liabilities; or

 

 

 

 

 

3.2.3

 

the Business save to the extent expressly assumed or incurred by it under this Agreement and save for liabilities under the Transfer Regulations,

 

 

 

and the Seller shall indemnify the Buyer on demand against all Losses which the Buyer incurs in relation to any liability or obligation not to be assumed or incurred by the Buyer in accordance with this clause 3.2.

 

 

 

4.

 

CONDITIONS

 

 

 

4.1

 

Completion is subject to the following conditions being satisfied or (where permitted) waived on or before 5.30 p.m. (London time) on the End Date:

 

4.1.1

 

unconditional written consent from each counterparty to the Contracts listed in schedule 7 to the change of control of Travelex ATMs or to the assignment of the relevant Contract to the Buyer, as appropriate, having been obtained (or deemed obtained in accordance with clause 4.2);

 

 

 

 

 

4.1.2

 

the funding for the consideration for the purchase of the Business and Assets having been obtained on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Buyer.

 

4.2

 

The Seller shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the Condition set out in clause 4.1.1 is satisfied on or before the End Date. The Buyer shall provide all reasonable information relating to it and to the Buyer’s Group as is reasonably requested by any counterparty such as is referred to in clause 4.1.1 and, for the purposes of obtaining the consents referred to in that clause, the Guarantor shall (if so requested by any such counterparty) offer a reasonable guarantee of the obligations of the Seller or Travelex ATMs (as the case may be) under the relevant contract. If the Guarantor fails to supply any such guarantee or the Buyer is in material

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breach of its obligations under the previous sentence, then without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, the consent of the relevant counterparty shall be deemed obtained for the purpose of clause 4.1.1 if such failure is the reason for the consent not having been obtained. The Buyer shall take all reasonable steps to obtain the funding referred to in clause 4.1.2 on or before the End Date provided that the Buyer shall be under no obligation to continue to raise the funding save to the extent that (a) such funding ceases to be viable because of a material adverse change affecting stock markets or interest rates or (b) to the extent that funding on terms acceptable to the proposed suppliers of financing would be likely to result in the share price of the Guarantor falling by more than US$1.55. The Buyer shall not be obliged to accept the offer of any funds unless the funding is available to the Buyer on terms reasonably believed by it to be commercially reasonable.

4.3

 

The Buyer may by notice to the Seller waive the Condition set out in clause 4.1.1.

 

 

 

4.4

 

If the Conditions have not been fulfilled or waived, where permitted by clause 4.3, on or before the End Date, the provisions of this Agreement shall terminate and no party shall have any further rights or obligations under this Agreement, including accrued rights and obligations at the time of termination (other than accrued rights and obligations in respect of breaches of clause 4.2, which accrued rights and obligations shall not be affected by termination) save that clauses 18, 20 and 22 to 24 inclusive and 28 and 29 shall remain binding on the parties in accordance with their terms.

 

 

 

5.

 

BETWEEN EXCHANGE AND COMPLETION

 

 

 

5.1

 

During the period between the signing of this Agreement and ending on Completion or the termination of this Agreement (whichever is the earlier) the Seller shall comply with the provisions set out in schedule 5.

 

 

 

5.2

 

The Seller shall procure that during the period beginning on the signing of this Agreement and ending at Completion or the termination of this Agreement (whichever is earlier) the Buyer and any persons authorised by it shall be given reasonable access during normal business hours and on reasonable notice to the employees, premises, plant, machinery, books of account, records and documents of the Business and the directors and employees shall be instructed to give as soon as reasonably practicable to the Buyer and any persons authorised by it all information in relation to the Business as the Buyer may reasonably request.

 

 

 

5.3

 

The Seller shall indemnify the Buyer in respect of any reduction in the value of the Business and Assets arising as a result of all breaches of the Repeated Warranties if (and only if) the aggregate

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amount of that reduction, and the aggregate reduction in the value of the Business and the Assets caused by all breaches of the Repeated Warranties as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement, exceeds £250,000 in which event the Seller shall, subject to clauses 5.5 and 5.6, indemnify the Buyer for the entire amount of the reduction in the value of the Business and Assets, including any amount taken into account in reaching the £250,000 threshold.

5.4

 

If following the date of this Agreement, but before Completion, or any termination of this Agreement the Buyer becomes aware of any breach of the Repeated Warranties entitling it to be indemnified under clause 5.3, then subject to clause 5.5 the Buyer shall within five Business Days of becoming aware of the relevant breach give notice to the Seller giving its best estimate of the diminution in the value of the Business and Assets caused by the breach or breaches in question and requiring that the amount of the specified diminution in value shall at Completion be deducted from the purchase price payable in accordance with clause 19 and shall instead be deposited into the Escrow Account and only be released from such account in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

 

 

 

5.5

 

The Buyer shall have no rights to be indemnified under clause 5.3 or otherwise in respect of any breach of the Repeated Warranties resulting from:

 

 

5.5.1

 

any fact or matter disclosed in the Disclosure Letter on the basis set out in clause 14.1 or any claim made or proceedings threatened by any third party arising out of any fact or matter disclosed in the Disclosure Letter on such basis; or

 

 

 

 

 

5.5.2

 

any change in stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates, or other general economic conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Business operates.

5.6

 

The Seller shall not be liable in respect of a breach of a Repeated Warranty if, on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which notice of that breach is received by the Seller under clause 5.4, the Seller has remedied the relevant breach or prevented the Buyer from suffering any potential loss in respect of the subject matter of that breach or caused any loss which could be so suffered by the Buyer to be made good. The Buyer shall comply with all reasonable requests made by the Seller at the Seller’s cost during that period for the purposes of so remedying any such breach or preventing any such loss.

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6.

 

CONSIDERATION

 

 

 

6.1

 

The purchase price for the Assets shall be £11,528,000, apportioned between the Assets as provided for in clause 6.2, together with VAT (if any) chargeable in respect of the sale plus any sum payable by the Buyer and minus any sum payable to the Buyer pursuant to clause 6.4.

 

 

 

6.2

 

The purchase price for the Assets shall be apportioned as follows:

 

 

 

 

Asset

 

Purchase Price

 

 

(stated in pounds sterling or

 

 

as a percentage of the

 

 

balance of the purchase price)

 

 

 

Business Records:

 

£1

 

 

 

rights under and in connection with the Contracts, subject to clause 10.6:

 

£1

 

 

 

Transferring Debtors:

 

the face value of the Transferring Debtors

 

 

 

Plant and Equipment:

 

20% of (the total purchase price less £4)

 

 

 

Transferring Intellectual Property and Goodwill comprised in Transferring Intellectual Property:

 

£1

 

 

 

Goodwill (other than that comprised in the Transferring
Intellectual Property):

 

80% of (the total purchase price less £4) less the face value of the Transferring Debtors plus the face value of the Transferring Creditors

 

 

 

Transferring Creditors the discharge of which is (the face value of the Transferring Creditors) assumed by the Buyer pursuant to clause 12.6

 

Minus the face value of the Transferring Creditors

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Asset

 

Purchase Price

 

 

(stated in pounds sterling or

 

 

as a percentage of the

 

 

balance of the purchase price)

 

 

 

all other rights and assets of the Seller at the Effective Time relating exclusively to the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, other than the Excluded Assets:

 

£1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£11,528,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.3

 

The apportionment referred to in clause 6.2 shall apply for all purposes, including stamp duty and any other form of Taxation, but shall not in any way limit the liability of the Seller in respect of any Warranty Claim.

 

 

 

6.4

 

On the date falling five Business Days after the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value becomes final and binding on the parties in accordance with this Agreement:

 

6.4.1

 

if the Net Current Liability Value is greater than £(X+C) the Seller shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount by which the Net Current Liability Value exceeds £(X+C); or

 

 

 

 

 

6.4.2

 

if the Net Current Liability Value is less than £(X-C) the Buyer shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the amount by which the Net Current Liability Value is less than £(X-C);

 

 

 

where:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 X =

 

£95,322

 

x B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A = 258

 

 

 

 

 

B = the number of ATMs in operation as at the Completion Date

 

 

 

 

 

C = £25,000

 

 

 

 

 

together in either case with interest accruing from day to day, both before and after judgment, from the Completion Date until the date of payment at a rate two per cent. above the base rate for the time being of Barclays Bank plc. All payments pursuant to this clause shall be made by telegraphic transfer of immediately available funds to the bank accounts specified in clause 19.

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7.

 

COMPLETION ACCOUNTS

 

 

 

7.1

 

The Seller shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that a draft of the Completion Accounts is prepared as soon as possible after Completion and delivered to the Buyer on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after Completion, together with the Net Current Liability Statement signed by the Seller.

 

 

 

7.2

 

The Completion Accounts shall be drawn up in accordance with the accounting bases, methods and policies set out in part 2 of schedule 10.

 

 

 

7.3

 

The draft Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value set out in the Net Current Liability Statement shall be deemed agreed by the Buyer on the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which those documents are first delivered to the Buyer and shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes (and shall respectively constitute the Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement and the Net Current Liability Value for the purposes of clause 6), unless during that period the Buyer gives notice to the Seller that it disagrees with the calculation of the Net Current Liability included in the Net Current Liability Statement. Any notice so given shall include reasonable details (so far as practicable) of the reasons for any disagreement and any suggested adjustment, together with reasonable supporting evidence for each adjustment, including any relevant working papers.

 

 

 

7.4

 

If any notice is so served by the Buyer during such 10 Business Day period, the Buyer and the Seller shall attempt in good faith to resolve any matters in dispute and agree a final form of Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which the Sellers receive that notice. The Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value so agreed by them shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes (and shall respectively constitute the Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement and the Net Current Liability Value for the purposes of clause 6). In the absence of agreement between the Buyer and the Seller within that time period, the Independent Accountants shall be instructed to deliver a determination of the matters in dispute and a calculation of the amount of the Net Current Liability Value and revised Completion Accounts adjusted only to take account of the matters determined by them. As so revised, the Completion Accounts shall then constitute the Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

 

 

7.5

 

Each party shall promptly provide to the other or the other’s accountants or professional advisers (and to the Independent Accountants) all such documents and information as may reasonably be

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requested for the purpose of preparing or reviewing the Completion Accounts and the Net Current Liability Statement. The parties’ obligations under this clause shall, without limitation, extend to providing access to or copies of all working papers in their possession or under their control (other than those created by their respective accountants) created in the course of the preparation and/or review of the Completion Accounts and/or Net Current Liability Statement, together (in the case of the Buyer) with extracts from the Seller’s accounting records to which the working papers relate or from which the working papers have drawn information, and access upon reasonable notice and during normal working hours to relevant personnel, and to relevant records and information within the possession or under the control, of the relevant party.

8.

 

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

 

 

8.1

 

Any matters which this Agreement provides are to be determined by the Independent Accountants may be referred for determination by either the Seller or the Buyer to:

 

 

8.1.1

 

KPMG or (if they refuse to accept instructions) Deloitte or (if they refuse to accept instructions) any other independent firm of chartered accountants whose identity is agreed between the Seller and the Buyer and whose terms of engagement are agreed to and signed by the accountants, the Seller and the Buyer; or

 

 

 

 

 

8.1.2

 

if no such firm is agreed or no such terms of engagement are signed on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after the date on which a firm accepts instructions (in the case of KPMG or Deloitte) or in any other case is first proposed by either party to the other for the purpose, such independent firm of chartered accountants on such terms of engagement as shall be chosen or (as the case may be) specified on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. If the Seller or the Buyer fails to sign such terms of engagement on or before the date falling five Business Days after the date on which such choice or (as the case may be) specification is made, Independent Accountants shall be deemed to have been appointed and to have determined the matter or matters to be referred to the Independent Accountants under this clause in favour of the party who has signed the terms of engagement.

8.2

 

The Independent Accountants:

 

 

8.2.1

 

shall act as experts and not as arbitrators;

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8.2.2

 

shall decide on the procedure (subject to clause 8.2.3) and timetable to be followed in the determination (provided that, in any event, they shall give the Seller and the Buyer the opportunity of making such representations as they may reasonably require); and

 

 

 

 

 

8.2.3

 

shall be required only to determine those matters that this Agreement provides should be determined by them (and not any additional or separate issues subsequently raised by the parties) and deliver such determination and any calculation, statement or accounts required to be provided by them by this Agreement in writing to the parties on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after the date of the appointment of the Independent Accountants.

 

8.3

 

In the absence of fraud or manifest error, the decision of the Independent Accountants and any determination and any calculation, statement or accounts required to be provided by them by this Agreement shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants shall be paid by such party or parties as the Independent Accountants shall determine to be appropriate in their sole discretion, having regard to the relative merits of the arguments of each of the parties. In default of a determination by the Independent Accountants as to fees and expenses, they shall be borne as to 50 per cent. by the Buyer and 50 per cent. by the Seller.

 

 

 

8.4

 

The Seller and the Buyer shall each use all reasonable endeavours to co-operate with the Independent Accountants and to enable them to reach their determination within the time period set by this Agreement including by co-operating with any timetable and procedure set by the Independent Accountants. In particular, the Seller and the Buyer shall each provide each other and the Independent Accountants with or with access to all such documents and information as are in their possession or under their control, and access to all relevant personnel upon reasonable prior notice and during normal working hours, as may from time to time be requested by the Independent Accountants in their absolute discretion. In the event that any of the Seller or the Buyer does not co-operate with or grant access to or supply any document or information so requested within any time specified by the Independent Accountants, the Independent Accountants shall be entitled to make such assumptions for the purposes of making their determination (including any determination as to costs) as a result of that failure to co-operate, grant access or supply such document or information as they shall in their absolute discretion determine to be appropriate.

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9.

 

COMPLETION

 

 

 

9.1

 

Subject to clauses 9.5 to 9.8 (inclusive) Completion shall take place at the offices of the Seller’s Solicitors within two Business Days after all of the Conditions have been fulfilled or waived in accordance with clause 4 (or such later date as the Buyer and the Seller shall agree).

 

 

 

9.2

 

At Completion:

 

 

9.2.1

 

property and risk in the Assets shall pass to the Buyer; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.2

 

every Asset which is then in the possession of the Seller, legal title to which is capable of passing to the Buyer by delivery, shall be constructively delivered to the Buyer.

9.3

 

At Completion, the Seller shall deliver or make available to the Buyer:

 

 

9.3.1

 

an assignment of the Seller’s rights under and in connection with the Contracts in the agreed form executed by the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.2

 

an assignment of the Transferring Debtors in the agreed form executed by the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.3

 

the written consents referred to in clause 4.1.1 (save where any consent is deemed given under clause 4.2);

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.4

 

assignments of the Transferring Intellectual Property in the agreed form, executed by the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.5

 

certificates of registration and/or filing receipts and the other documents relating to the Transferring Intellectual Property to the extent that the same are in the possession or under the control of the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.6

 

all consents required for the sale of the Business and Assets from Apax Partners Europe Managers Limited and agents of the senior and mezzanine financiers under certain financing arrangements;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.7

 

written confirmation, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, that the master agreement between Travelex UK Limited, TotalFinaElf UK Limited and Travelex ATMs Limited has not been terminated and is in force;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.8

 

the Licence Agreement executed by the Seller;

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9.3.9

 

a deed of release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer executed by Barclays Bank plc consenting to the transfer of the Assets;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.10

 

a list of all the ATMs for which planning permission has been obtained as described in paragraph 1.6 of part 6 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.11

 

a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Seller in the agreed form resolving that the Seller should enter into this Agreement, and each other document to be signed by it at Completion, and authorising the execution of those documents by each person signing on behalf of the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.12

 

a list of all Site Agreements falling within paragraph 1.6.6 of part 4 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.13

 

the Contracts and such original documents in relation to them to the extent that, in both cases, the same are in the possession of or under the control of the Seller;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.14

 

the Business Records to the extent that the same are in the possession of or under the control of the Seller; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.15

 

subject to clause 15.11.2, pay the sum of £50,000 to the Buyer and the Buyer hereby undertakes to use such sum to make a bonus payment to Nick Cockett if he remains an employee of the Buyer for the 6 months following Completion, and further provided that such sum is repaid to the Seller if he ceases to be an employee of the Buyer within such time period.

 

9.4

 

At Completion, the Buyer shall:

 

9.4.1

 

deliver to the Seller:

 

 

9.4.1.1

 

the Licence Agreement executed by the Buyer;

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.1.2

 

a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Buyer in the agreed form resolving that the Buyer should enter into this Agreement, and each other document to be signed by it at Completion, and authorising the execution of those documents by each person signing on behalf of the Buyer; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.1.3

 

a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Guarantor in the agreed form resolving that the Guarantor should enter into

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this Agreement and give the guarantee in clause 18, and authorising the execution of this Agreement by each of the persons signing for the Guarantor;

 

9.4.2

 

and shall pay:

 

 

9.4.2.1

 

the sum of £11,528,000 (less any amount which is to be paid into the Escrow Account in accordance with clause 5.4 and clause 11.8 (Contracts)) to the Seller in accordance with clause 19.1; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.2.2

 

pay the sum of £57,241 plus any sum due to be paid into the Escrow Account pursuant to clause 5.4, into the Escrow Account.

9.5

 

If either the Buyer or the Seller (referred to in this clause 9 as the “defaulting party” ) does not or is unable to fulfil any material obligations under clause 9.3 or clause 9.4, as the case may be, at the time when Completion is due to take place under clause 9.1, the other party (referred to in this clause 9 as the “non-defaulting party” ) may, in addition to any other right or remedy it may have, by notice to the defaulting party:

 

 

9.5.1

 

postpone Completion by up to 20 Business Days; or

 

 

 

 

 

9.5.2

 

elect to proceed to Completion, in which case the defaulting party shall be obliged to fulfil those obligations under clause 9.3 or clause 9.4, as the case may be, which it is then able to fulfil and to fulfil the remaining obligations on or before any later date specified for the purpose in the notice; or

 

 

 

 

 

9.5.3

 

if having already given notice under clause 9.5.1 and a period of not less than 20 Business Days having elapsed without each unfulfilled obligation in question having been fulfilled in all material respects, elect not to complete the sale and purchase of the Assets.

9.6

 

If Completion is postponed on any occasion under clause 9.5.1, clause 9.5 shall apply with respect to each occasion to which it is so postponed.

 

 

 

9.7

 

If the non-defaulting party elects not to complete the sale and purchase of the Assets in accordance with clause 9.5.3, or if the parties are not obliged or entitled to complete the sale and purchase of the Business and Assets by reason of clause 9.8 and one party so notifies the other party the parties shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement, other than

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accrued rights and obligations at the time of that election in respect of prior breaches including breaches of clauses 9.2 to 9.4, save that clauses 18, 20 and 22 to 24 inclusive and 28 and 29 shall remain binding on the parties in accordance with their terms, provided that where the Buyer is the non-defaulting party, it may demand by way of a pre-agreed estimate of its loss the aggregate sum of £1,500,000 from the Seller (or the aggregate sum of £750,000 if TRM Services Limited makes a similar demand under the Share Purchase Agreement) which the Seller shall pay in full and final settlement of any rights and remedies the Buyer might otherwise have had in respect of the breach or breaches in question, all of which rights and remedies shall be unconditionally waived and released with effect from receipt by the Buyer of the sum payable under this clause.

9.8

 

The parties shall not be obliged or entitled to complete the sale and purchase of the Business and Assets unless the Share Purchase Agreement is completed simultaneously.

 

10.

 

CONTRACTS

 

10.1

 

Subject to clause 11 and the following provisions of this clause 10, the Buyer shall perform in place of the Seller and in accordance with their terms all obligations required to be performed after the Effective Time under the Contracts. The Buyer shall indemnify the Seller on demand against all Losses which the Seller may incur arising from or in connection with any failure by the Buyer to perform any such obligation.

10.2

 

Clause 10.1 shall not apply to any obligation arising by reason of a breach, omission or failure to perform by the Seller of an obligation required by any Contract to be performed before the Effective Time.

 

10.3

 

The Seller shall at its own cost discharge the obligations referred to in clause 10.2 as they fall due, and shall indemnify the Buyer on demand against all Losses which the Buyer may incur arising from or in connection with any failure by the Seller to do so. Nothing in this clause 10 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the effect of making the Buyer liable in any way under any guarantees of any third party obligations or of warranties given in Contracts relating to any obligation under any Contract to be performed before the Effective Time or otherwise in relation to the performance of the Seller of its obligations under such Contracts up to the Effective Time, the liability for which shall remain with the Seller.

10.4

 

The Seller shall indemnify the Buyer on demand against all Losses which the Buyer may incur by reason of any failure by the Seller to perform any obligation arising out of the Contracts prior to the Effective Time.

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10.5

 

Any tender issued by the Seller in the course of the Business before Completion and which is not then accepted and which is capable, on acceptance, of giving rise to a binding agreement, the details of which are set out in schedule 8, shall be deemed to be a Contract for the purposes of this Agreement with effect from the time of its acceptance.

 

10.6

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute an assignment (or attempted assignment) of rights under or in connection with any Contract, or require the Buyer to perform any obligation under a Contract in place of the Seller, for which consent has not been achieved pursuant to clause 4.1.1 and for which third party consent is required to the assignment of those rights to the Buyer, or to the performance by the Buyer of that obligation, within the meaning of clause 11.1.

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THIRD PARTY CONSENTS

 

 

 

11.1

 

This clause 11.1 shall apply in relation to any Contract if and while a third party consent is required to the assignment to the Buyer of any rights under or in connection with that Contract or to the performance by the Buyer after the Effective Time of any obligation under that Contract in place of the Seller. A third party consent shall without limitation be deemed to be required for the purposes of this clause 11.1 if, either it is an express term of the Contract that consent is required to the assignment or if, in the absence of that consent, the assignment in question or the performance by the Buyer of the relevant obligation would result, directly or indirectly and with or without notice, in:

 

 

11.1.1

 

the breach of any Contract;

 

 

 

 

 

11.1.2

 

the acceleration of any obligation or the assumption of any further obligation under any Contract; or

 

 

 

 

 

11.1.3

 

a person becoming entitled to terminate any Contract or otherwise to exercise any further rights under any Contract.

11.2

 

In each case where clause 11.1 applies to a Contract, each of the Buyer and the Seller shall on request by the other use reasonable endeavours to obtain the relevant third party consent as soon as is reasonably practicable. Any professional costs or expenses of any relevant third party for which it requires reimbursement shall be borne by the Seller. The Guarantor shall, if requested by any relevant third party in relation to a Site Agreement, give all reasonable guarantees required by such third party in connection with such a consent. The Seller agrees not to offer any such guarantees on behalf of the Guarantor without the Guarantor’s prior written consent.

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11.3

 

While a third party consent is required to the assignment to the Buyer of rights under or in connection with any Contract, the Seller shall continue its corporate existence and shall hold those rights and all monies received under that Contract after Completion on trust for the Buyer absolutely and, to the extent that a third party consent is not required in order for it to do so, shall pay those monies to the Buyer on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date of receipt and shall otherwise exercise its rights in respect of that Contract only as the Buyer may from time to time direct.

 

11.4

 

While a third party consent is required to the performance by the Buyer after the Effective Time of any obligation under a Contract in place of the Seller, the Buyer shall perform that obligation as agent or sub-contractor of the Seller or, if to do so would itself require a third party consent, the Seller shall perform that obligation at the Buyer’s cost if requested to do so by the Buyer, and in the latter case, the Buyer shall afford the Seller, at the Buyer’s cost, all such facilities and employees as the Seller may reasonably request in order to perform that obligation. The Buyer shall indemnify the Seller against all Losses which the Seller may incur arising from or in connection with such obligations, and without limiting that indemnity, the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller for all costs reasonably incurred by the Seller in performing any such obligation in accordance with this clause on or before the date falling five Business Days from the date on which the Seller notifies the Buyer of the amount of such costs.

11.5

 

Until any Contract is assigned or novated but subject to clause 11.7, the Seller shall give all such assistance as the Buyer may reasonably require at the Buyer’s cost to enable the Buyer to enforce the Seller’s rights under such Contract and (without limitation) shall provide access to all relevant books, documents and other information in its possession in relation to such Contract as the Buyer may reasonably require.

 

11.6

 

When (and only when) a third party consent requested under clause 11.2 is given, clause 2.1 shall apply to rights under or in connection with the relevant Contract and/or clause 10.1 shall apply in relation to obligations under that Contract, but without prejudice to the parties’ accrued rights at that time under this clause 11.

11.7

 

If third party consent to assignment or novation of a Contract is refused, or otherwise not obtained on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer within 60 Business Days of the Completion Date, the Buyer shall be entitled at its sole discretion to require the Seller to serve proper notice (in accordance with the terms of such Contract to terminate that Contract. The Buyer shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Seller from and against all Losses that the Seller may incur by reason of the termination of such Contract.

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11.8

 

In relation to the Contracts listed in schedule 12 (“ Tier 2 Contracts ”):

 

 

11.8.1

 

the Buyer has paid the aggregate sum of £57,241 (“ Aggregate Contract Retention ”) out of the purchase price for the Business and Assets into the Escrow Account to be dealt with in accordance with this clause 11.8;

 

 

 

 

 

11.8.2

 

the Buyer and the Seller agree to give written instructions in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement for release of the following sums out of the Aggregate Contract Retention to the following persons at the following times:

 

11.8.2.1

 

subject to clause 11.8.2.2, in relation to any Tier 2 Contract which is terminated as a result of the sale of the Business and Assets to the Buyer or the sale of the Shares to TRM Services Limited during the period of two years following the date of this Agreement, the amount set out opposite that Tier 2 Contract in schedule 12 together with interest accrued thereon in the Escrow Account to the date of payment to be paid to the Buyer, within 10 Business Days of the receipt of the relevant notice of termination;

 

 

 

 

 

11.8.2.2

 

in relation to any Tier 2 Contract which is not terminated as described in clause 11.8.2.1, within 10 Business Days of the earlier of (a) the assignment of that Contract to the Buyer or the consent to the change of control of Travelex ATMs Limited (as appropriate); and (b) the second anniversary of Completion, the amount set out opposite that Tier 2 Contract in schedule 12 to be paid to the Seller together with interest accrued thereon in the Escrow Account to the date of payment.

 

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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

 

 

 

12.1

 

Within five Business Days of Completion, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer a list of Transferring Debtors.

12.2

 

As soon as reasonably practicable after Completion, the Seller shall send letters in the form set out in the Assignment of Debtors to all persons owing any of the Transferring Debtors, instructing them to make payments in settlement of the Transferring Debtors to the Buyer.

 

12.3

 

If the Seller receives after Completion any monies in full or partial settlement of any of the Transferring Debtors, the Seller shall ensure that all monies so received are held on trust for the Buyer and paid or delivered to the Buyer promptly, and


 
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